A Pac-Man walks into a Krispy Kreme...

Pac-Man and Krispy Kreme have a new collaboration, and even though they're more flash than substance, I still had to check them out. (Sorry for any rough typing, I cut my hand making dinner and I am struggling to type well as it heals.) 

There isn't a grand story behind it, or any kind of core memory, I just really like Pac-Man. I have a plug n' play joystick game that I still use (it also has Dig-Dug), a vintage T-shirt from the 80's that is hanging on by a thread, a vintage paper tablecloth, and a promotional Baby Pac-Man cup from the 7-Eleven 1983 series that I grew up using to give our dog, Coco, a bath. It's a simple game where you eat dots, and sometimes fruit or ghosts, and it makes me happy. 

Let's see what these doughnuts have to offer...

Peelerz - Five Fruity Flavors

I already spoiled this in my other post, but these do not peel. At all. The exterior gummy is thick, which should make for an easy peel, but center portions are too soft and sticky. They just won't separate. The closest to being "peelable" was the banana, and it's still no where near are clean as White Peach I reviewed a few weeks ago. 

Therefore the peelable novelty of this candy gets a 0/5. 

Taste-wise, things fair a bit better. 

Quickie Pez Post

My massive peelable gummy post got a little out of hand, so it will be finished up and posted on Monday. 

In the meantime, here is a quickie post I never got around to finishing. 

I've always liked Pez candy, but their appeal comes from it's novelty dispenser, not it's actual taste. Dispensers are highly collectable and have cemented their place in pop culture history (the proto-Funko Pop) but the candy has always been mid. I enjoy it for what it is, and will buy it once every few years, but I've never thought it's flavors were so iconic that it should be used in other products, and especially not ice cream, but here we are. 

Will these actually taste like Pez? Or is this a case of branding being used to sell a generic fruity-bar? I kind of hope it's the latter. 

Peelable Peach Appeal - Tommy & Tim White Peach Gummies

The hype has already died down, but I have a bunch of peelable fruit gummies to try this week! 

The majority of the candies I have are Peelerz, which are made by Amos Sweets. It's a brand sold in many American stores like DollarTree, Costco, and Five Below, but it's actually based in China. For some variety, I purchased these peach candies at Hung Vuong, but they're also made in China. It appears China has the American peelable gummy market on lock.

Quickie: Polar Bear Puccho

Hope you all had a lovely weekend. Here's a quickie post from my backlog! 

In case this is your first exposure, Puccho is a bouncy chewy candy similar to Hi-Chew, but it typically has flavored gummi embeds. I've reviewed many flavors in the past, but I hadn't seen this one before. The bag translates to "polar bear," and the visuals make this seem like a shaved ice dessert topped with red bean and fruit. I did a casual search on Google and while the results were rather sparse, it does seem that this concept has been around for at least 50 years. A "polar bear" is shaved ice topped with sweetened condensed milk and various fruits or jellies. 

I'm intrigued. How will this translate into a chewy candy? 

Vita Life - Aldi

A few years ago I had a gut-friendly soda that I actually liked, but completely forgot what flavor or brand it was. I've been casually searching for it ever since. Buying random cans here and there, but not putting that much energy into it. 

My half-hearted search ends today! I finally found it!

Cookie Week Continues: Costco Cookie Conclave

This whole theming thing for my posts has been completely unintentional. I start out writing one thing and before I know it my brain has made connections to other things I already have. My last post busted through my Oreo backlog (I think I am all caught up on those now), and this post covers items I recently bought to celebrate a coworker's birthday. (Except the black and whites, those were all for me.)

Having themes has helped me bust through my stash faster, which is awesome, but it's not something I am going to be rigidly sticking to from here on out. So be prepared for me to go back into super random nonsense pretty soon. In the meantime, here's my thought on 3 different cookies purchased at Costco.

Limited Edition Graveyard - Oreo Edition

Oreo is in their "Simpsons did it," era. In today's post I have 4 limited edition flavors, but each one is similar to a previous offering. Sure, there are a few new twists and turns, like new designs or popping candy, but nothing here is new-new.

Let's see if these flavors improve upon the past, or if they fade into tastebud oblivion.